Monday, May 11, 2015




AAPL report card is Five Stars


Look at "Revenue to Peers" and "Net income to Peers" graphs

Then do that again in two years from now --jim





Apple Inc. shares approach ex-dividend as it gears up to distribute $2.7 billion to shareholders






It's Hard to Believe, but Apple will sell more Watches in the first 60 days than the iPhone sold in its First Full Year






comScore Ranks Apple as the Top U.S. Smartphone OEM






China smartphone sales fall for first time in 6 years, as Apple surges






Good Technology Report: Apple's iOS still dominates the Enterprise Market by a Wide Margin with iPad Activations at 81%





Have I mentioned that Intel has been extremely slow to deliver new chips?

Apple Stores to begin stocking 12-inch MacBook at end of May







Rumor: Apple's 12.9" 'iPad Pro' to feature silver nanowire touch panel, debut in 2016






Inside Apple Inc in Switzerland: No Watch yet, but Apple Pay unofficially working, strong demand for products






Speaking of Switzerland...

As Swiss watchmakers dismiss Apple Watch threat, Swiss National Bank increased its Apple holdings by 60%








How to sync photos to your Apple Watch






It's actually a mini iPod touch shrunk down to the size of a watch with body sensors and health monitoring being the "killer" app

How accurate is the Apple Watch heart-rate monitor?  This accurate...






Why so many Apple Watch Apps don't work






The Apple Watch and our cyborg future






Apple tries to untangle the free file streaming mess for the Music industry, like they did with the Napster free MP3 download debacle.

Apple's new music service will push paid subscriptions, with free samples







Apple expands green initiative to Chinese manufacturing, to manage 1M acres of forest









Apple CEO Tim Cook expands social media presence with new account on China's Weibo






Tim Cook's promise is a breath of fresh air to China

Why 300,000 Chinese want to follow Tim Cook on Weibo


Looks like Nike is benefitting from Tim Cook being on their board

More from Apple and Nike to come






Fiat experimented with auto stores inside malls before Tesla

There was one at the Fashion Mall in Indianapolis (below) in 2011 for a year or two just down the hall from the Apple Store


Fiat CEO meets with Tim Cook, says Apple planning automotive 'intervention'







Fiat's CEO Marchionne Recently Met with Tim Cook over CarPlay – Apple's "Intervention in the Car"






The Debacle of Google Glass






Friday, May 8, 2015




Apple cash reserves greater than those held by most US industries







Look who's buying iPhones

Sales were up sharply last quarter in China, even among its urban poor






Now even Apple Watch is an enterprise product






Ericsson sues Apple over patents in Germany, UK and Netherlands






And why every content company, movie studio, television network, and cable company should be on Apple's side

Here's why Apple will not let go of fight with Spotify






One day they'll understand Apple






Fitbit warns against highly competitive factors like Apple Watch in IPO filing





Inside the Apple Watch






Appeals court deals blow to NSA bulk data program, but collection continues






Apple operations head Jeff Williams to speak at 2015 Code Conference



Apple operations head Jeff Williams to speak at 2015 Code Conference



Five things you didn't know you could do with an iPad

To boost sales, Apple's latest video shows everything you can do with an iPad





You'll never guess how little a Top 10 Mac App makes per day






Apple reveals their Invisible Light Technology that's integrated into the Apple Watch and beyond






Latest low cost iPhone medical accessory can prevent blindness and elephantiasis







ResearchKit Asthma app developer praises framework in first official blog post





Thursday, May 7, 2015




It's an Apple Watch Revolution, stupid






Since 2007, over 700 M iPhones have been sold, and that's a conservative estimate. 

With China and Europe heating up, there will be over 1 Billion iPhones sold sometime in 2016, prior to The Apple Campus 2 grand opening.

Apple's iPhone 6-Plus Took 44% of the US Phablet Market in Q1






Android switchers drive iOS growth in Europe's Big Five






Apple demonstrates how iPad can change your life in 'Change Everything' mini-site







Apple challenges Google with growing Web search program, fueled by Topsy acquisition






The American Foundation for the Blind Honors Apple for their Work and Technology behind VoiceOver






Pixelmator for iPhone is coming, and will bring powerful photo editing to your pocket






Why Apple might want you to spit into a plastic cup






In-store Apple Watch pickup 'available soon,' Apple Store iOS app says






Google, FaceBook, SAmsung and others poach Apple employees constantly

Elon Musk hopes Apple will enter car market, says Tesla poaching 5X as many Apple employees than Apple does from Tesla






On eBay and Craigslist, every Apple Watch is pure gold






Apple details new 'AppleBot' web crawler used by Siri and Spotlight






Apple releases Safari 8.0.6, 7.1.6, and 6.2.6 to fix WebKit vulnerabilities






Tim Cook charity auction raises $200K for RFK human rights campaign






Health monitoring is going to be a killer app for Boomers

Apple Watch, HealthKit star in Louisiana hypertension treatment program







This is like iTunes Ping, the "friend" locator technology that Mark Zuckerberg freaked out about when invited over to Steve Jobs' house for dinner.

Apple Reveals a Social Network for Lifestyle-Based Social Groups








Yeah, I thought this was a little gaudy and out of place

Google Suffers a Significant Blow as Mountain View City Council Votes to Kill their Dreamy Headquarters Proposal






If you've seen Silicon Valley, Josh Brenner (Big Head, right in photo), plays one such "executive" at Hooli, the fictional Google.

The same thing happened with Andy "Android" Rubin, who stole iOS source code while he was at Apple to "create" Android eventually at Google.

Google has a secret 'bench' program that keeps executives at the company even when they're not leading anything